As the light begins its ascent on each day and as the days commence their advance toward the new year it occurs to me that 2010 is ripe for illumination.

I never give up, as my confreres understand, because they never do, either. And a good thing too, for them and for me, because creating art is a lifelong endeavor - its morsels are spied on through the eyes, touched by the fingertips, listened to in the rhythms of the wind.